To be fair, some of the expressions are pretty common. Who among us isn't familiar with "touch base," "game changer" and "let's get our ducks in a row?" That said, "punch a puppy" is new to us and makes us wonder just how cutthroat British business really is.

Here are the phrases employees loathe the most, along with the percentage who can't stand them. And if you're not sure what they mean, check out their brief definitions, provided by the Daily Mail.

Touch base - 24% - to get together to discuss a specific issue

Blue sky thinking - 21% - creative thinking with no basis in reality

We're on a journey - 13% - highlighting that a company or project has not yet fulfilled its goal

Game changer - 13% - something that will alter how things get done

No-brainer - 13% - something that is obviously a good idea

Thought shower - 11% - a meeting to share ideas, i.e., brainstorming

Run it up the flagpole - 11% - to share an to see how people respond to it

If you don't like it, get off the bus - 10% - implying that someone should quit because they aren't content in his or her position

Mission statement - 10% - a company's goals

Pick it up and run with it - 10% - to continue a project started by someone else who is unable to complete it

Punch a puppy - 9% - to do something bad for the greater good. Think "you have to break some eggs to make an omelet."

Let's get our ducks in a row - 9% - to get people ready to do something